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Sadoway and Ambri get a Shout Out during MIT Energy Conference

Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 11:30am

Professor Donald Sadoway and his company Ambri are working on finding solutions to energy storage in order to improve renewable energy production services. In this MIT News article, they received a shout-out for their contributions to the field.

Inside the Race to Build the Battery of Tomorrow

Shao-Horn publishes in Journal of Physical Chemistry

Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 3:00pm

"Scientists and producers usually face a problem to elaborate batteries of new types: lighter but at the same time more powerful and with higher energy storage capacity. One of the possible ways to do that is to replace modern lithium-ion batteries by so called lithium-air batteries.

Study: Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactions

Monday, January 9, 2017 - 2:45pm

"Chemical reactions that release oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, known as oxygen-evolution reactions, are a crucial part of chemical energy storage processes, including water splitting, electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction, and ammonia production.

Materials Day Recap

Friday, November 4, 2016 - 12:30pm

Our friends at the Materials Processing Center recently held their annual Materials Day event. As part of the day of events, several DMSE faculty participated in a series of talks about battery challenges. The day also included a Poster Session contest.